Favorite post war set

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Posted By: darren

I know this may difficult for some of you, but if there were no pre WWII baseball cards out there, what post WWII set would you collect?


For me, the 1952 Berk Ross. The set includes vintage cards of Joe D., Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, and Jackie Robinson---no other set has such an inclusive line up of HOF Legends. Of course, I do collect post war as well and do collect this set.

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Posted By: Cobby33

2003 Leaf Certified Materials or 2005 Absolute Memorabilia!

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Posted By: Ben

I love the Red Man sets. I've considered working on a Red Man set, raw but w/tabs, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. I think they are stunning.

I also enjoy the look of the '51 and '52 Bowmans.

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Posted By: will watson

1997 Zenith

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Posted By: Anthony

'53 Bowman Color, no other is even close.

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Posted By: zach

1951 Bowman and 1952 Bowman all the way.

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Posted By: Joann

2000 Pacific Private Stock. These had a kind of half painted look - it was both modern and throwback at the same time. And to me the regular cards looked much nicer than any of the several chase cards in the set.

Someone in another thread was right. The companies went overboard and issued way too many to try to keep up with It really killed the fun of being involved with the newer cards - even gorgeous sets like this one.

Joann

lololol Cobby. What's that - the Chuck-n-Duck?? hahaha

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Posted By: leon

'72 Topps...... remember Laugh In?

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Posted By: T206Collector

...how about that 1990 Bowman set. Now there was a crowd pleaser.

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Posted By: Joe Jones

Glendale Meats Detroit Tigers

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Posted By: Jon Canfield

I put the set together from the ages of 9-11ish. Will ALWAYS love that set. Still have it and will nevr give it up.

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Posted By: Todd Schultz

there are a bunch of favorites--face it, we all grew up post war.

I love 1961 Peters Meats- as a Twins fan, it makes sense.

I also love Hires, Wilsons, Red Man,'54 Johnston Cookies, and 10 or 12 others. And I haven't even mentioned Topps or Bowman- and '63 Fleer are great too!

But I have to agree with Anthony, 1953 Bowman Color stands alone, IMHO.

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Posted By: Chris Counts

It's really a tough call since there are so many I like. I'll have to go with the standard 1953 Bowman response. Aside from the fact that the text on the backs isn't nearly as interesting or as well written as that on comparable Topps cards, the photographs are truly works of art. I have noticed that virtually every player in the set not only has a great pose, but they seem to genuinely be having a good time during the photo shoot. I've always imagined that the Bowman photographer was accompanied by a beautiful, charming woman who flirted with the players while he (or she?) worked. Regardless, he (or she?) was truly an outstanding photographer ... I have always been curious, not only the photographer, but the artist (s?) who created the wonderful 1950-52 Bowman sets. If anybody has any info on this, I'd love to hear about it ...

As for honorable mention, I'll go with 1948 Signal Oil, 1950-52 Bowman, 1952-53 Mothers Cookies, 1959 Morrell Meats and 1961-62 Bell Brand ...

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Posted By: David Vargha

1953 Bowman was years ahead of its time. I like 1951 Bowman for the incredible artist's renditions of Berk Ross' photographs; many of which were cropped tighter in the 1950 Bowman set. Nonetheless, I like the "crude" looking sets from 1949 -- Leaf, Bowman and Bowman PCL.

DavidVargha@hotmail.com

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Posted By: FYS

1. 53 Bowman Color.
2. 53 Topps
3. 52 Topps

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Posted By: Cobby33

Nice Joann--
You know me too well!

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Posted By: BigHurleyHick

Growing up when I first started collecting I always liked the wood border 1987 Topps that my brother gave me.
Then around 1992 my dad pulled out his cards that were in plastic bags in his closet. I remembered liking the '55 Bowman TV cards. I know that's a set some people dislike. It was rather sad though going through that group of cards and seeing a mouse had nibbled on the Mantle.
Right now I'd like to put together the 1955 set. My dad recently passed away so I was left with all his cards. It's probably the easiest set of all his cards to put together. He already had about 35% of the set and it also contains the least number of cards for a Topps set. It also makes it easier that Mantle isn't in the set, and he already has the Aaron, Mays, Williams, and Clemente.

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Posted By: fkw

Most attractive

1952 Topps
1955 Bowman
1958 Hires
All Red Mans
1954 Wilson Franks
1956 Topps

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Posted By: JimB

'72 Topps
'75 Topps
'55 Topps
'52 Topps
'54 Wilson Franks
'51 Bowman

edited to add '51 Bowman. I like most of the '50s sets by Topps and Bowman except the '54 Bowman which I find kind of boring.
JimB

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Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)

Non-regional:

1953 Bowman Color
1953 Topps
1952 Topps

Off the wall set: 1976 SSPC

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Posted By: identify7

If there was no prewar, I would not collect baseball cards (or my collection would be complete).

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Posted By: Sean Coe

1971 Topps
1953 Bowman

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Posted By: john/z28jd

1956 topps which i actually just started collecting slowly in mid grade.I plan to pick up a few each visit to Ft Washington and finish around 2010

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

In the order that I collected them as a kid.

1949 Leaf BB

1949 Bowman BB

1952 Topps BB


As a grown-up

1949 Bowman PCL

1953 Bowman Color

1955 Topps Double-Header

1966 Topps BB

Its tough to single out any particular set, so I listed all of them.

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Posted By: Al Crisafulli

I agree that 1953 Bowman is one of the most beautiful sets of all time. However, for some reason I'm more partial to 1953 Topps. I like the portrait artwork, I love the Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige cards, and I think a high-grade 1953 Topps card is one of the most beautiful things in the hobby.

-Al

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Posted By: Bob

1955 Topps All-American football set

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Posted By: J Levine

I remember my father telling me that in 1955 and early 1956 he loved the 1955 Bowman set. There was only one color t.v. in his neighborhood in 1956 and he thought the design was so cool as a kid. I too enjoy the horizontal set with the nice rich brown borders and the little color t.v. insignia.

When I started doing vintage cards, I immediately gravitated towards that set and it looks great in a binder.

My next few sets are ones that I love because they have a wide variety of players, designs, or innovations....

1958 Hires...love the knot hole look and when found centered and clean they are very attractive.

1953 Topps...loved the paintings but the set really comes together when put in a binder. Beautiful.

1952-55 Redman...more painting cards and oversized too.

1960-1 Nu Card Scoops...Lots of Hall of Famers and stars in a cheap set with real photos. Nice cards.

1978 Topps...I think part of this one is that it was the first packs I remember buying a lot of and trying to get a set of cards. I also seem to look at that binder because the simplicity of the design and simple script and colors are really attractive.

Joshua

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Posted By: jay behrens

1971 and 1972 Topps. Probably because they were the sets that hold the most memories for me and I still have them.

Jay

I've just reached Upper Lower Class. I am now officially a babe magnet for poor chicks.

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Posted By: cmoking

One set that I haven't seen mentioned here. It's a set of pre-war greats. Ruth, Cobb, Mathewson, Lajoie, Wagner, Gehrig, etc. etc. Great color, and different poses/photos that I don't think were duplicated in other sets.

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Posted By: Anonymous

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Posted By: Mike Campbell

53 Bowman, no question. Clean and uncluttered.

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Posted By: Peter Thomas

First set collected as a kid

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Posted By: jackgoodman

Can't believe no one has mentioned the 1957 Topps set. Great photography, almost all of the stars of the day - with key HOF'ers and rookies, fairly uncluttered look, great backgrounds of stadiums no longer in existance and the first set I consciously remember opening packs of.

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Posted By: Bruce Babcock

Red Man, Red Heart, Bell Brand are 3 of mine.

Also, Golden Press-my first exposure to "old time" players.

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Posted By: David McDonald

With you on the '57 Topps, Jack. I was seven when they came out. They are the first cards I actively collected and it was the first set I pursued when I got bit by the vintage cards bug. They still stand out as one of the classic Topps sets. There are several super post-WW2 sets but for me the '57 Topps set works like no other for tapping into the long-lost state-of-grace of a seven year old baseball fan when I need a break from being a hard-bitten, cynical bastard.

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Posted By: Jim

1) 53 topps
2) 53 Bowman Color
3) 51 Bowman
4) 52 Bowman
5) 56 Topps

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Posted By: warshawlaw

54 and 71 Topps. The 54 set was the first old set I ever saw in any detail when a neighbor got a bunch of them from a friend of their family. I remember that Mays card with the vivid yellow just knocking the breath out of me and I was hooked. The 1971 set is the first one I really bought in the packs. I still have a handful of them too.

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Posted By: Anson

1990 Donurss.

J/K

54 Wilson Franks or 69 Topps.

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Posted By: Mark Evans

1957 Topps. The 1953 color Bowmans are beauties as well (especially Berra) but, for me, baseball cards need player names and teams on the front. Mark

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Posted By: Jim Clarke

1. 1955 Spic & Span Die Cuts
2. 1954 Red Hearts
3. 1954 Wilson Weiners
4. 1996 WPB Minor league team set (2 Vlady cards in there).

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Posted By: Darren J. Duet

'53 Bowman B&W Stengel is a great card. '53 Topps Mantle is just awesome. '52 topps Berra and Robinson are beautiful. I love the thickness and size of the '50 bowmans. '55 topps Mays...wow.

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Posted By: Dave Williams

71 Topps- First cards I ever got as a kid.

I'm still working on it, with my ADD I get sidetracked a lot.

72 Topps as well, did I mention my ADD?

64 Topps Giants..... I've got all the HOF'ers on a shelf in plstic holders in my office at work, right next to the RC Cola cans, along with a few other things. They display great.

Then I discovered Action Cartridges....

There's just too much to collect.